Someone once told me: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation'. And that's
what I really feel with my music. I've worked really, really hard on it. It was
like, 'this is really what I want to do.. what do I have to do to make it work?'Erica
Baxter - Luck
- Hard Work
- Opportunity
- Passion

One of the things that may get in the way of people being lifelong learners is
that theyre not in touch with their passion. If youre passionate about
what it is you do, then youre going to be looking for everything you can
to get better at it.Jack
Canfield - Learning
- Passionate
- Improvement

I think theres too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote
that you dont really care about. So what happens to students in school is
that they eventually lose interest in learning, because theyve been forced
to learn the required courses, rather than pursing their passion.Jack
Canfield - Learning
- Passionate
- Interest
- School

To have passion, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life. And there are
three components to that purpose, one is to find out who you really are, to discover
God, the second is to serve other human beings, because we are here to do that
and the third is to express your unique talents and when you are expressing your
unique talents you lose track of time.Deepak
Chopra - Life
- Passions
- God
- Skill
- Time

The kind of commitment I find among the
best performers across virtually every field
is a single-minded passion for what they
do, an unwavering desire for excellence
in the way they think and the way they work.
Genuine confidence is what launches you
out of bed in the morning, and through your
day with a spring in your step.Jim
Collins - Commitment
- Passion
- Confidence
- Motivational
- Thinking
- Work

I didn't want to repeat my parents' life.
I saw in their lives a routine and a lack
of dreaming, a lack of the possibilities,
a lack of passion. And I didn't want to
live without passion.Hugh
Hefner - Life
- Family
- Passions

Remarks such as great Australian, larger than life
are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry
Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great
Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his
mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly
in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sportJohn
Howard - Media
- Passions
- Business
- Australia

In business, I loved cars. I couldnt
wait to get to work in the morning. Only
in America can you decide to get a good
education and pursue what you like.Lee
Iacocca - Business
- Jobs
- Learning
- Passions

What is it that you like doing? If you dont
like it, get out of it, because youll
be lousy at it. You dont have to stay
with a job for the rest of your life, because
if you dont like it youll never
be successful in it. Lee
Iacocca - Jobs
- Life
- Successful
- Decisions
- Passion

I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing
if I didn't love the game. Im not
getting paid astronomical dollars; its
truly for the love of the game of basketball.Michael
Jordan - Passions
- Sports
- Money
- Love

If you want to be successful in a particular
field of endeavor, I think perseverance
is one of the key qualities.It's very important
that you find something that you care about,
that you have a deep passion for, because
you're going to have to devote a lot of
your life to it.George
Lucas - Commitment
- Success
- Passions

Im pretty passionate about things
I do, and particularly at this age, because
I dont have to do the things I dont
want to, and Ive got more things that
I do want to do than I can do.Dr
Phil - Passions
- Enjoyment

Earlier in this century, philanthropy often
flowed from the wills of dead industrialists.
In recent decades, it's as likely to have
come from a very alive business leader,
entertainer, artist or sports star. The
most effective of these patrons begin the
process of giving by asking what they care
about passionately.Michael
Milken - Philanthropy
- Passions
- Giving

In the four decades of philanthropy that
have paralleled my business career, Ive
found that the same principles apply whether
youre providing access to capital
to grow a business, creating a new paradigm
for medical research, or pioneering innovative
approaches to education: Empower the most
talented people in each field and encourage
them to pursue their passions.Michael
Milken - Philanthropy
- Passions
- Business
- Career
- Education
- Power
- Encouragement

News.. communicating news and ideas, I guess..
is my passion. And giving people alternatives
so that they have two papers to read and
alternative television channels.Rupert
Murdoch - Media
- Ideas
- Passion

The future may be made up of many factors
but where it truly lies is in the hearts
and minds of men. Your dedication should
not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes
your passion for our beloved country as
well as for the integrity and humanity of
mankind.Li
Ka Shing - Motivational
- Profits
- Encouragement

Of all things I liked books best. My father
had a large library and whenever I could
manage I tried to satisfy my passion for
reading.Nikola
Tesla - Books
- Reading
- Passion

I think I overcame every single one of my
personal shortcomings by the sheer passion
I brought to my work. I dont know
if youre born with this kind of passion,
or if you can learn it. But I do know you
need it.Sam
Walton - Work
- Passion
- Motivational

We are perfectionists. We are hungry to
work all the time. We are entertained by
every aspect of business and we never want
to stop working.Suzy
Welch - Hard
Work
- Business
- Passions

I have developer's disease. I love to sit
at a drafting table and draw plans for hotels,
wrestling with problems of traffic and the
flow of people. That's what turns me on.Steve
Wynn - Passion
- Real
Estate - Problems